Hear Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings' New "When I Come Home"

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings will release their new album I Learned the Hard Way on April 6th, and for each preorder that comes in now at the Daptones' official store, the group will donate 15 percent of sales from I Learned the Hard Way to Doctors Without Borders' efforts in Haiti. You can enjoy some great funk-soul music and help out Haiti, all by going here. As an added bonus, the first 1,000 copies of I Learned the Hard Way will be accompanied by a 7'' single of the non-LP track "When I Come Home" and an instrumental B side, and if you act real fast, you can secure one of the first 100 copies of the LP, which will be autographed by Jones and the Dap Kings. To give you a sneak preview of what the Dap Kings have in store, Rolling Stone has your exclusive stream of "When I Come Home" below:

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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